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EpicMEMS takes funding over US$100 million
EpicMEMS takes funding over US$100 million
Business news |
Kaiyuan Communications Technology Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China), an RF chip startup that trades as EpicMEMS, has raised hundreds of millions…
Siemens EDA faces Chinese startup competitor
Siemens EDA faces Chinese startup competitor
Business news |
SEIDA (Hangzhou, China) is an EDA startup formed in 2021 by Chinese engineers that had previously worked for Siemens EDA,…
JBD’s red microLED brightness exceeds 1 million nits
JBD’s red microLED brightness exceeds 1 million nits
Technology News |
MicroLED manufacturer Jade Bird Display Ltd. (Shanghai, China) has announced that the brightness of its 0.13-inch red MicroLED chips has…
U-blox wins Chinese patent case for M8 GNSS receivers
U-blox wins Chinese patent case for M8 GNSS receivers
Business news |
The Chinese Supreme Court ruled against Techtotop in a patent infringement case brought by u-blox for its M8 GNSS receivers.

Gowin fills out Arora-V FPGA family
Gowin fills out Arora-V FPGA family
New Products |
Gowin Semiconductor Corp. (Guangzhou, China) has filled out its Arora-V FPGA family with smaller LUT device offerings. When the family was launched in September 2023, based on 22nm SRAM technology,…
Renesas told to stop saying US has banned Quectel IoT modules
Renesas told to stop saying US has banned Quectel IoT modules
News |
Quectel Wireless Solutions Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China), a vendor of wireless IoT products, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Renesas Electronics Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) demanding it stop saying that Quectel…
China reports breakthrough analog optoelectronic processor for visual AI
China reports breakthrough analog optoelectronic processor for visual AI
Technology News |
Researchers at Tsinghua University Beijing have reported an all-analog optoelectronic chip aimed at visual processing that they claim is 3,000 times faster than conventional electronic processors. The system is named…
China’s Big Fund invests yet more billions in memory firms
China’s Big Fund invests yet more billions in memory firms
Business news |
China’s Big Fund has topped up its investment in two domestic memory chipmakers with several billions of dollars, according to reports. The China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund has provided…
Foxconn founder launches bid to be Taiwan’s President
Foxconn founder launches bid to be Taiwan’s President
Business news |
Terry Gou, the founder of Foxconn, the world’s largest electronic manufacturing services provider, has declared his candidacy in the 2024 presidential race in Taiwan. Billionaire Gou plans to run as…
Huawei reportedly building secret fab network
Huawei reportedly building secret fab network
Business news |
Huawei is building up a series of wafer fabs under different names to avoid US sanctions the Semiconductor Industry Association has reportedly told Bloomberg News. Bloomberg reported the SIA saying…
Huawei plans to use SMIC’s ‘nearly-7nm’ process
Huawei plans to use SMIC’s ‘nearly-7nm’ process
Business news |
China’s telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies is planning to restart designing mobile phone chips, circumventing export controls, according to Nikkei. Huawei was a leading smartphone vendor – rivalling Apple and Samsung…
The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On
The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On
Market news |
China has begun construction a wind farm using the largest turbines ever seen China Three Gorges Corporation announced that the 16-megawatt MySE 16-260 turbine had been successfully installed at the…
SMIC chairman replaced by deputy
SMIC chairman replaced by deputy
Business news |
The reason given in a statement was “job adjustment.” Lui is an experienced chemical engineer and executive and has also served on many party committees during his career. The statement…
Leading US chip CEOs to lobby to limit Chinese export controls
Leading US chip CEOs to lobby to limit Chinese export controls
News |
The CEOs of Intel, Qualcomm and Nvidia are expected in Washington this week to lobby the government not impose yet more restrictions on technology sales into China, according to reports…
China to gain foundry chip production share despite sanctions
China to gain foundry chip production share despite sanctions
Market news |
Chinese foundries will increase their share of 300mm wafer production capacity from 24 percent in 2022 to 26 percent in 2026 despite export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment, according to…
Micron rolls with China blow as it rides memory storm
Micron rolls with China blow as it rides memory storm
Business news |
Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) made a net loss of US$1.9 billion on revenue of US$3.75 billion in its third quarter of fiscal 2023 ended June 1. Micron’s net loss…
China squeezes the West’s access to gallium, germanium
China squeezes the West’s access to gallium, germanium
News |
China has said it will impose export controls on gallium and germanium, chemicals used in the making of semiconductors and other electronic components, in an apparent escalation of tension between…
Micron tips China packaging plan as politicians meet
Micron tips China packaging plan as politicians meet
Business news |
Memory chip maker Micron said on Friday June 16 that it plans to invest more than 4.3 billion yuan (US$600 million) at its packaging and test facility at Xi’an, China.
Ex-Samsung exec arrested over alleged Chinese copycat fab
Ex-Samsung exec arrested over alleged Chinese copycat fab
Business news |
A senior executive formerly with Samsung Electronics has been arrested over the alleged theft of trade secrets intended to be used to build a copycat wafer fab in China. The…
Dutch government to examine Nexperia’s acquisition of Nowi
Dutch government to examine Nexperia’s acquisition of Nowi
News |
The Dutch government is planning to investigate the takeover of energy harvest startup Nowi BV by Chinese owned Nexperia BV under national security legislation that came into force on June…
China’s Innoscience denies EPC claims of GaN patent infringement
China’s Innoscience denies EPC claims of GaN patent infringement
Business news |
Innoscience, a Chinese startup that manufactures GaN-on-Si power transistors, has called lawsuits filed by US headquartered “malicious” and “at odds with the facts.” Innoscience Technology Co. Ltd. (Zhuhai China) said…
US ‘won’t tolerate’ China’s ban on Micron memory sales
US ‘won’t tolerate’ China’s ban on Micron memory sales
News |
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo has said that the US “won’t tolerate” China’s decision to ban the sales of Micron memory chips into critical infrastructure, according to reports. China’s cyberspace…
Micron hit with ban on sales into Chinese ‘critical infrastructure’
Micron hit with ban on sales into Chinese ‘critical infrastructure’
Business news |
China’s cyber regulator has said that products made by memory maker Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) had failed its network security review and it has imposed a purchasing ban. The…
China is not backing down on memory, says Yole
China is not backing down on memory, says Yole
News |
US trade restrictions set in October 2022 pose a significant challenge to China’s memory chip industry but market analyst Yole Group says there are no signs of China backing way.
Foundry SMIC reports falling sales, profits and tough times ahead
Foundry SMIC reports falling sales, profits and tough times ahead
Business news |
China’s largest foundry chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (Shanghai, China) has posted a reduced net profit on declining sales in its 1Q23 financial results. The company’s revenue was US$1,462.3 million…
Nexperia engages broker to sell Newport wafer fab
Nexperia engages broker to sell Newport wafer fab
Business news |
Chinese-owned Nexperia BV has asked ATREG Inc. to help it sell its wafer fab in Newport, Wales, in compliance with UK government instructions. Nexperia acquired the fab in July 2021…
China’s chip, electronics manufacturing fail to rebound
China’s chip, electronics manufacturing fail to rebound
Market news |
China’s production of semiconductors fell by nearly 15 percent in 1Q23 compared with the same quarter a year before, according to Bloomberg citing China’s National Bureau of Statistics. Similarly, smartphone…
TrendForce: How US Chips Act limits will isolate China
TrendForce: How US Chips Act limits will isolate China
Opinion |
Along with the subsidies on offer under the US Chips and Science Act come limitations that will reduce investments in the People’s Republic of China for the next decade, observes…


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